Motion-picture apparatus



Dec, 's, 1925. 1,564,723

J. TESSIER MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS Filed July 21, 1924 Jjrr E T R, LJ llZiQIU Ysszez' ayw- =ATTORNEYZ$ Patented Dec. 8 1925.

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JULIEN TESSIER, or ROCHESTER, NEAWIYORK, ASSIGNOR TdEASI'MAN KODAK com- P ANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Original application filed February 12, 1923,'Serial No. 618,467. Divided and this application filed July 21, 1924. Serial No. 727,102

To all qvhom'iz may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIEN TESSIER, a. citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in M0- tion-Picture Apparatus, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to motion picture apparatus and more particularly to a film magazine anda cooperating camera part. This application is a division of my application Serial No. (318,467, filed Feb. 12, 1923.

The main object of my invention is to provide apparatus whereby a reel of film may be transported to" and from a camera, and properly positioned therein, with .a minimum danger of fogging.

This is attained by the use of a maga zine one element of'which has a large opening and remains on the reel while it is being inserted into the camera, and of a camera having a shaft with a foldable latch that is insertable through an axial aperture in the reel, the opening in the magazine element Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section of a'cam.

era showing a magazine positioned therein.

The camera has as parts thereof a casing or box 1, one side ofwhich is open at 2 and is adapted to be closed by a suitable door, not shown. The camera is divided longitudinally by a partition 8, on one side of which is a compartment containing mechanism of no present interest,a-nd on the other side of which 'is a compartment 10 accessible through the open side 2.

film reel 11 having side flange members 6 with central apertures 72 loosely fitting the shaft 12 and a core member 7. This reel has an aperture 18 on the side that is uppermost when the reel is positioned on the shaft 12 and that engages a lug, not shown, when the reel ispositioned on the take-up shaft, not shown.

The film intended for use is supplied on fits rather closely. Slots 70, 71'are provided in the flanges 20 and 21. For clearness the film is not shown in Fig. 2.

In using the magazine herein described the. operator first removes the cover 28. The reel 11 in the box member 29 is placed in the camera, the apertures 72 of the reel being placed on the shaft, which extends past the member 29, this being left on the reel as long as possible as an additional protection against light. The latch is then turned down, thereel being thus secured in place. When the film has been properly threade'l iii-the camera,'the magazine element is removed, this being possible because of the size of the opening 32.

The removal of a full film reel from the camera is by the reverse process, a member 29 being placedover the reel and latch, the latch opened and the reel and magazine member removed together.

A process for loading and unloading a camera in which m 'improved apparatus.1s particularly useful is disclosed in the patent tr o Capstafi' No. 1,510,738, granted October .1924.

It is to-be understood that I contemplate as within the scope of my invention such modifications and equivalents as fall within the terms of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In motion picture apparatus, a fixed frame, a shaft fixed in position and extend ing from said frame, a reel with an axial opening adapted to be placed on said shaft,

a fastening means adapted to hold the reel on the shaft, and a containing element for,

having a position securing the reel on the V shaft, and a magazine element adapted to contain said reel and formed to be positioned over said fastening means when the latter secures the reel-on the. shaft.-

3. In motion picture apparatus, a frame, a shaft extending from said frame, a latch member, a reel with an axial opening adapted to be placed on said shaft and to be held thereon by the latch, a magazine ele ment adapted to contain said reel and having a bottom adapted to overlie the side of the reel and having an opening of greater dimensions than the latch whereby the magazine may be positioned or removed past the latch.

4. In motion picture apparatus, a frame, a shaft extending from said frame, a reel with an axial opening adapted to be positioned on said shaft, a latch having a position permitting the positioning or removal of the reel with respect to the shaft and a position securing the reel on the shaft, and a magazine element adapted to contain said reel and having a bottom adapted to overlie the reel and having an opening of greater dimension than the latch when in either position, whereby the magazine may be positioned or removed past the latch,

5. In motion picture apparatus, a frame, a shaft extending from said frame, a latch member pivoted at the free end of; the shaft and adapted to be swung to two positions,

one in alignment with the shaft and one perpendicular thereto, a reel with an axial I opening adapted to be placed on said shaft and be held thereon by the latch, a magazine element for said reel and comprising a flange member adapted to-surroundtheperiphery of the reel and a bottom member adaptedto overlie the side of the reel and having an axial opening of greater radius than the length of the latch.

6. In combination, a reel and a magazine therefor, said reel having an axial opening whereby the reel may be positioned on a shaft and be held thereon by a fastener,

and said magazine having separable parts one of which is adapted to contain said reel and having a bottom portion overlying the reel, said bottom portion having an axial opening larger than the opening in the reel, whereby it may be positioned or removed over said fastener.

7. In combination, a reel and a magazine therefor with two telescoping parts, said reel having an axial opening adapted to be positioned on aisuitable shaft and to be held thereon by a fastener, and one part of said magazine being adapted to remain on said reel as it is thus positioned and comprising a flange member adapted to surround the periphery of the reel and a bottom member adapted to overlie the side of the reel and having an axial opening larger than the opening of the reel, whereby it may be positioned or removed over said fastener.

Signed at Rochester, New York this 17th day of July, 1924.

J ULIEN TESSIER. 

